the vast majority of refugees are being held in camps in third world countries.
Paul1405,
By whom ?

Been a long time since I have posted here.... So much has happened, but, then again, so little has changed.
Any country that takes Muslims is asking for trouble. As I have said here many years ago, Muslims cannot live in peace, in numbers, as equals, with non-muslims. It is very simple -- look at Islamic countries, read the quran, read the news... If they do manage to fit in, then they are not good Muslims. I have quite a bit of experience with Muslims, and I can say with absolute certainty that when asked about this issue, they will: 1. blame others, 2. say the baddies are not really Muslims, and 3. call you a racist or islamophobe or worse.

I don't blame them for wanting to live in the West (Notice that they almost never flee to Islamic countries). The trouble is that they come and bring mohammad, the quran and their culture with them.

Worst of all, our stupid, blind leaders welcome them with open arms and praise the 'cultural enrichment' they bring.This will not end well.

There are man people who know very little about
Muslims and their faith. As a result they tend
to lump together this vastly diverse group as -
backward, gender oppressive, and violent.

The "religious visibility" of some Muslims exacerbates
this issue. People see Muslim women wearing hijabs
and veils and they quickly conclude all Muslims are
traditional and far too serious about their religion
for our modern and secular standards.

It's important to note that just like any other population
group Muslims come from a variety of ethno-cultural and
socio-economic backgrounds. Many of Australian Muslims
are born here and the rest come from 183 different
countries. In the 2016 Census more than 600,000 people
identified as Muslim with three quarters living in Sydney
and Melbourne.

Muslims make up 2.6% of the Australian population. Studies
have shown that when non-Muslims interact with Muslims
they are less likely to be islamophobic.

I am grateful to the doctors and carers
who took care of me in hospital and who took care
of my mother in her last days who
were Muslim. I owe them a tremendous debt that I can never
repay.

I owe them a tremendous debt that I can never repay.
Foxy,
I have spoke with such people & reading between the lines it becomes clear that they'd prefer not to be locked into their culture & most would get out if only they could but our Laws don't provide the help they'd require.

As I’ve said before, my great mate and former comrade in arms is a devout Muslim and he considers the Australian Government to be mad to encourage Muslim migration and he knows his people well.
I thoroughly agree with him.
When we visit with him I am treated as one of the family and I see his womenfolk unveiled.
During the Covid crisis he put all of his estates into strict lockdown and, at his own expense, had everyone inoculated, so far he has lost no one .

Hi Issy,

The problem is not in religion, its in education. A combination of ignorance and fundo superstition can have a disastrous effect. I have a Turkish friend in Sydney, his is a well educated modern family who happens to be Muslim. There is no danger to society from my friend or his family. Education has always been the enemy of most organised religions. Buddhism is an exception, although I do not consider it a religion, it has always encouraged the devotee to seek enlightenment within oneself and that is a form of education, education of the mind. Thankfully for us, for the vast majority among the ignorant the desire to impose violent change on non-believers is not strong. For the vast majority, despite what a religion may teach violence is non-existent, it is simply not a part of their human makeup. The mistake many on here make is they believe Islam is some monolithic homogeneous religion and all two billion Muslims think alike. They also tout themselves as experts on that religion, they most likely are nothing of the sorts, pseudo experts, just ignorant about the teaching of Islam as most are.

I will wager that your Muslim friend is also well educated, am I correct?